Improvement in heels for boots and shoes



nted' (States MARK H. PRESCOTT, OF OT'1`AWA,1LLIN()IS.

. Letters Patent No. 90,192, dated May 18, 1869. A, Y

IMPROVEMENT IN HEELSFOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK H. Pnnso'rr, of Ottawa, in the county of La Salle, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heels I same to the boot or shoe, and which will permit the heel to be readily removed.

Figure 1 represents a sec-tional elevation of my improved heel, as applied to a shoe;

Figure 2, a perspective View of a part of the heel; and v Figure 3, a plate, which forms a part of the heel, and by which it is secured to the shoe.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the metallic body of the heel, preferably formed up of sheet-metal, and made hollow, with the bottom, B, slightly above the bottom of the sides, forming a recess for the insertion of a piece of solelea-ther, or other substance, (l.

The upper part ofthe body A is provided with a flange, turned inward, as represented at D, and so formed that the said part A may be slipped on Ato the plate E from behind, when the said plate is secured to the insole, as represented in fig. 1. y

The said flange D may be turned down fiat, and merely take over the edge of the plate, or it may have an upward incline, and also take over the edge of the insole, the latter being bevelled for the purpose.

VThe plate E may be secured to the insole, by sewing or pegging through the holes therein, as preferred; and holes are provided in it for the screws F, by which the part A is prevented from slipping backward, after being connected by the said flange.

This arrangement forms a cheap and durable construction, and facilitates the removal of the body A of the hec-.l for repairs, or for other purposes, by simply removing the screws.

Having thus described 'my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv As an improved article of manufacture, the hollow heel A, having the bent flange D, and the raised bottom, B, upon which the wearing surface C rests, se

cured to the plate E upon the boot or shoe, by means of the screws F F, as herein described, for' the purpose specified.

'MARK H. PRESOOTT. Witnesses:

AARON B. SMITH, J om: V. A. Hons. 

